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Positive re-tests of doping samples from the '08 and '12 Olympics have left IOC President Thomas Bach with "real concerns about Russia, as well as the sport of weightlifting," according to Karolos Grohmann of REUTERS. About 100 Russian athletes were banned from competing at the Rio de Janeiro Games ...

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The World Anti-Doping Agency has "opened an investigation into allegations of Russian doping at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics," according to Matt McGeehan of the PA. WADA will "look into claims," broadcast by CBS 60 Minutes in the U.S. on Sunday, that "numerous Russian athletes used performanc ...

Brazil's Ministry of Labour & Employment said that with less than three months to go until the start of the Games, work on parts of Rio de Janeiro's Olympic Park and Olympic Village "was halted on Monday amid fears for the safety of workers," according to Rodrigo Viga Gaier of REUTERS. Officials ...

The charitable arm of Greenwich Leisure Ltd. produced a £1.2M ($1.7M) funding pot "for 2,000 young athletes hoping to make the Olympic Games," according to Matthew Campelli of SPORTS MANAGEMENT. GLL Sport Foundation "launched the fund in collaboration with SportsAid, Mary Peters Trust, local c ...

Rio de Janeiro's state security secretary acknowledged that cuts of $550M to his budget "pose a risk to the Olympics" when the Games open in three months, according to Savarese & Wade of the AP. Jose Mariano Beltrame said, "If I said the cuts won't impact anything, I wouldn't be accurate. I ...

Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo is “hoping to use the Paris 2024 Olympic bid to ‘accelerate’ her municipal projects,” according to Bertrand Gréco of LE JOURNAL DU DIMANCHE. Hidalgo will present an “action plan” to the Council of Paris on May 17 and 18. The documen ...

Quebec City "dropped plans to bid for the 2026 Winter Olympics ." Mayor Regis Labeaume said Friday that "the city had little chance of winning and questioned whether it was worth investing a considerable sum of money in a bid if it is unlikely to be successful." Labeaume said, "First, ...

CBS News said that "the former head of Russia's drug testing laboratory Grigory Rodchenkov has told whistleblower Vitaly Stepanov that at least four of Russia's gold medal winners at the 2014 Winter Olympics were using steroids," according to Mark Lamport-Stokes of REUTERS. Stepanov, who previo ...

Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes said that "preparations for the Olympics will not be impacted by Brazil's political turbulence, and he guaranteed there was zero corruption in the city's projects for the games," according to Rodrigo Viga Gaier of REUTERS. Paes already spoke with Brazil VP Mich ...

Despite the artwork being ready since February and the launch planned for last month, Brazil's advertising campaign is "gathering dust three months before the Games are due to kick off -- a victim of the country's political crisis," according to Boadle & Eisenhammer of REUTERS. The impeachm ...

Rory McIlroy "believes he may only have two chances" to win an Olympic Medal "unless there is a change in attitude to the sport's return to the Games." McIlroy said in January that major championships "would always be more important to him" than an Olympic Medal, but asked on Wednesday why ...